Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-30
P,Tn AND POINT.

Once in peoples mouths. It's hard
to get ont them.-Gzosgo0 Herald
"A woman viii never put any
thing in her pocket that she can hold
in her mouth.-Judge.
Most farmers like TO SMOKE and
still they are not fond of the weed
Burlington Free Press
When . man is twenty-five he
knows something; when he is forty
five he wishes he knew something
Boston Courier.
Among the Zulus young people
fight and get married. Here they
get married and fght-7eras Sifi-
Sings
My motto is Live and let live"
said the soldier. as he turned his back
to the enemy and fed from the battle
field. X
"A Hudson young man has been
arrested for pure laziness' and being
. drag upon his father.-Eisgston
Freeman
Yes" said Fogg. las a success
have always been = failure; but IS .
failure have been an unqualified suo-
cess"-4ccident Necx
The mouth is the window to the
intellect - Whitehall Times. The
trouble is. however. that too many men
are all window.
-Scene:-Grammar class. Dialogue
between teacher aud Johnnie.
er-''What is the future Of he drinks?'
Johnnie-"'He is drunk"
When we realize with what celebrity
. goat can separate man from his sur
roundfngS it is difficult to understand
why but should be called conjunc-
tion.-Tonkers Gazette
An advertiser offers for sale .
''lounge hair-picker" The public
would like to know whether it will also
pick hairs of the shoulders of . coat:
burlington Free Press
There are . good many married
men in this world who know all about
what model wife should be. but who
have very hazy ideas about the compo-
nent elements of = model husband.
Mrs. WalspiN-"Even the dress she
went to court in last year is not yet
paid for. Madame Fichu herself told
me so only yesterday" Miss Num-
stay-'Oh. my dear. that is Madame
Fichu's well-known way Of reminding
her customers of their little outstand-
ing bills. Fun
Has Nature Struck
An honest man is Natures nobfest work.
Once seen few hope again to see his like.
In fact their scarcity makes some folks say
That Nature must be out upon q strike.
-SJfings.
"A little Indian girl said to her
teacher:-''We have not prayed for
the poor" Her teacher replied
well. you pray for them" The lit
tie girl then said. 10 Lord. bless the
poor. and make them fat if you can!'
Harpers Bazaar.
"A Chicago man has spent $1O,0
in fitting up his sitting-room; and
when his sons get old enough it is
probable that they will prefer to spend
half the night in the boys club-room
couple of seventy-five-
cent card-tables. half-a-dozen broken
back chairs. and . two-dollar-and-a
half stove Herald
Mamma (coaxinsly) -"Come. Rob
by. take your medicine now. and then
jump into bed; that's good little
boy" Robby-"I don't want to take
any medicine. ma" Father (who
knows how to govern children)-
'.Robby. if you don't take your medi-
cine at once, you will be put to bed
without taking it at all."-CHicago
Tribune.
"A travelling theatrical company Of
seven members can convert themselves
into seventeen different persons-oD
the progromme. Which n no more
than the fact that the vii.
lain. who is shot full Of holes and dies
in terrible agony. appears five minutes
later as his own son.-DrGke'S Tr0uet.
ers' Magazine.
Among the Fashionables-Mr.
Swell (who has rented q fashionable
apartment house)-'.We needn't be
of this. my dear" Mrs
indeed; it is perfectly
lovely. and such a fashionable To-
calityr' Mr. Swell-"That's the
beauty of it. And. now. my dear. il
you will send Perkins out for a loaf Of
bread and a half pound Of butter we
will have something to eat ~ o.
Times Democrat.